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Protesters carry placards and shout slogans during a demonstration calling for greater gun control outside the U.S. Embassy in south London on March 24th, 2018.

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Cities Are Fighting Back Against State Preemption Policies on Local Gun Control Laws

There is brimming triangular tension between local, state, and national governing bodies about how cities should best protect their citizenry from gun violence.

Sarah Holder

Members of the New York City Police Department attend their police academy graduation ceremony on March 30th, 2017.

Social Justice

Are Police Officers Being Properly Trained to Deal With Hate Crimes?

Only a fraction of bias crimes ever get reported. Fewer still get successfully prosecuted. Perhaps the widespread lack of training for frontline officers has something to do with that.

A.C. Thompson, Rohan Naik & Ken Schwencke

News in Brief

How to Bring Down Crime Rates

New research suggests utilizing a mix of approaches would be most effective.

Tom Jacobs

News in Brief

Reducing Crime With Limited Legalization

Expanding on the Situational Crime Prevention theory that making crimes harder or less appealing to commit will make them less likely to occur, two criminologists make the case for "providing opportunities" for would-be criminals to commit their acts legally and safely.

Lauren Kirchner